Nancy McTague-Stock

According to Connecticut artist, Nancy McTague-Stock, "My painting and print work continues to reflect rhythms of nature. My current work predominately employs a diversity of methodologies, capturing nature’s bounty through processes of thought and hand. I use a marriage of drawing, paint, print and digital media as a process-oriented bridge, which connects my technical grounding in artistic tradition with 21st century innovation.

Mindfully protective of the meditative and restorative qualities of the environment, I examine the man-made order and natural chaos found in the landscape, using layers of observed patterns and nuances of value shifts juxtaposed in carefully considered compositions."

Ms. McTague-Stock’s artwork has been exhibited internationally. She is included in collections across the United States, as well as private collections in Italy, Switzerland and England.

Nancy McTague-Stock

Nancy McTague-Stock Statement

Artist's Statement

Fractals of realism and abstraction often produce images of other worldliness, culminating in viewers' perceptions of my journeys through their own personal experiences.

In my photographic work, I present immediate, visceral responses from my daily travels. Exploring both natural and urban imagery, I enjoy finding fragments which I purposefully juxtapose for aesthetic intrigue, engaging the viewer in visual, intellectual mind play. Expectations of immediate recognition may be modified through this process, as perception is seemingly disarmed.

My painting and print work continues to reflect rhythms of nature. While periodically I venture back in the plein air tradition of landscape painting and traditional printmaking processes, my current work predominately employs a diversity of methodologies, capturing nature’s bounty through processes of thought and hand. I use a marriage of drawing, paint, print and digital media as a process-oriented bridge, which connects my technical grounding in artistic tradition with 21st century innovation. Through close-up observation, I challenge myself to look beyond the obvious.

Mindfully protective of the meditative and restorative qualities of the environment, I examine the man-made order and natural chaos found in the landscape, using layers of observed patterns and nuances of value shifts juxtaposed in carefully considered compositions.

Yale University, The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, New Haven, Ct.
The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut
Bausch and Lomb, Buffalo, New York
Haft Entertainment, New York City, New York and Los Angeles, California
Hudson Valley Hospital Medical Center, The Healing Gallery Collection, Peekskill, N.Y.
Phillips Development Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland
Designer’s East, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Bounty Trading Corporation, New York City, New York
Fullcut Manufacturing, New York, New York

Robert Graham Ltd., New York, New York and Bangalore, India
The Milford Center for the Arts, Milford, Connecticut